Coastal Carolina-Wisconsin Preview WisconsinCoastal Carolina put quite a scare into Virginia last year, so the Chanticleers have the full attention of top-seeded Wisconsin heading into their NCAA Tournament game on Friday night. Yes, those Chanticleers from Conway, South Carolina, are back as a No. 16 seed. A No. 16 seed has never won a game in the round of 64, but Coastal Carolina came awfully close against the Cavaliers. ''A 16 against ...March 28 2015

Serial subject granted appeal South CarolinaSyed is arguing that his lawyer, Cristina Gutierrez, was ineffective in part because she failed to “investigate and call to testify alibi witness Asia McClain,” according to court documents . McClain had written a letter to Syed in which she said she had seen him at a library during the time when state prosecutors claimed he murdered Lee.February 16 2015

Hitchhiker charged in deadly South Carolina carjacking South CarolinaBy Colleen Jenkins (Reuters) - A South Carolina man accused of shooting two people who gave him a ride on Christmas Eve and dumping them on the side of an interstate has been arrested on a murder charge, a sheriff said on Wednesday. John Asher Farrell Villarreal, 22, was jailed on Tuesday after a deputy spotted the car that police said he had stolen six days earlier in what they said appeared to ...January 17 2015

Police: Special needs bus overturns after diver falls asleep at the wheel South CarolinaOne man had to be airlifted to a hospital Monday after he was hurt in a crash caused when the driver of a Darlington County Disabilities and Special Needs bus fell asleep at the wheel, causing the bus to run off the road and overturn on Billy Farrow Highway in Darlington County, according to South Carolina Highway Patrol.September 28 2014

South Carolina father, jailed in kids' deaths, in 'mental disarray': lawyer North CarolinaBy Colleen Jenkins (Reuters) - A father who is accused of killing his five children in South Carolina and dumping their bodies in rural Alabama is scared and remorseful, and his family fears he suffers from an untreated mental illness, an attorney said on Friday. Timothy Ray Jones Jr., 32, was arrested on murder charges on Thursday after police said they had evidence the divorced father with a ...September 21 2014

12 OYS: System lets victims know about inmate's status South CarolinaA woman is still in the hospital after deputies said her husband poured gasoline on her, and set her on fire. Her husband Ronnie Lee Jones is back in jail on that aggravated assault charge. He had been released just hours before the incident happened early Friday morning. But there is technology that can alert victims when suspects are released from jail.September 03 2014

In third trial, jury acquits man in 1999 restaurant murder South CarolinaJesse Lee Miller Jr., 32, linked to Nicholas Megrath's death by DNA, handwritten note, prosecutors argue Thanking God and his lawyers, Jesse Lee Miller walked out of the Palm Beach County Courthouse in the loving embrace of his father and other relatives 15 minutes after a jury found him not guilty of first-degree murder after a two-week trial.July 01 2014

Greenville hospital encouraging moms to breastfeed South CarolinaGREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Brady Owens was born on Memorial Day, and it wasn't long before her 6-pound body was in her mother's arms. "Nothing compares to this moment," Charlee Owens said. Her daughter was wrapped in a pink blanket, tight against her chest. An arrangement of ...June 26 2014

Former SC Sen. Dick Elliott dies at age 78 South CarolinaNORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) - Former South Carolina legislator Dick Elliott, who represented coastal Horry County and the Pee Dee for 30 years in the Statehouse, is dead at age 78. Funeral director Allen Lee said Sunday that Elliott died Saturday after a lengthy illness at McLeod Regional Hospital in Florence. The senator's son, Rick Elliott, said he died of multi-system organ failure ...June 15 2014

Who murdered Dorothy Edwards? LouisianaBy the time Edward Lee Elmore won his freedom at age 53, he had spent 30 years -- most of them on death row -- imprisoned in South Carolina for a crime he says he did not commit.March 09 2014

Law Professor Will Appear on New CNN Program Sunday York, South Carolina By JINJOO LEE In 2012, 53-year-old Edward Lee Elmore walked out of prison, having spent three decades behind bars, most of which he spent on the death row. Despite evidence showing his innocence, Elmore had been convicted three times for sexual assault and murder. Without the persistence of Prof. John […]March 07 2014

Was death row inmate framed? South CarolinaEx-death row inmate Edward Lee Elmore spent 30 years locked up for a murder he says he didn't commit. It all poses big questions about the justice system. Watch "Death Row Stories," Sunday at 9 p.m. ET.March 07 2014

Deputies: Failed drive-by ends in day care crash South CarolinaColleton County deputies say two men and a juvenile were arrested Thursday after crashing their vehicle into a day care center while fleeing from cops following an attempted drive-by shooting.February 21 2014

Sebelius urges Kansas, Missouri to expand Medicaid VirginiaHealth and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius appeared in Missouri and Kansas to urge officials to accept federal expansion funds, calling it a moral and financial imperative. Meanwhile, a new poll finds support for the expansion in Virginia and news outlets cover developments in Florida and South Carolina.February 11 2014

70 Years On, Judge Reexamines Black Teen's Conviction South CarolinaA judge is taking another look at the conviction of George Stinney, a 14-year-old African-American who was executed in South Carolina in 1944. He was convicted by an all-white jury for the murder of two young white girls, but his family's lawyers say the trial was tainted. Guest host Celeste Headlee talks about the case with Kenneth Gaines of the University of South Carolina.January 24 2014